QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Like a river rapid that quickly finds its ways around the boulders, going with the flow means being adaptive, agile and curious. Our corporate conditioning as well as constant onslaught of information disables us in this regard.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In current context, I would define talent as a combination of competence, commitment, learning agility, attitude/character, communication skills, ability to collaborate across different cultures, critical thinking and creative problem solving. Competence is the key to solving problems but competence alone is not sufficient for success.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 26, 2012

October 2012: Agility in Process Improvement Initiatives. In an agile business environment where change is not only constant but rapid, we need agility in how we improve. Being comfortable with chaos means being more responsive to chaos and creative in spotting opportunities around. November 2012: The Promise of Gemba.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Agility is the key to good planning. This helps you remain agile. In a way, these lessons also map with the fundamentals of agile planning. In my view, Agile is not just a software development methodology, agility is also a mindset. Further, for longer projects, you cannot plan the entire project together.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

At ThoughtWorks blog, Aaron Sachs and Anupam Kundu have written an excellent post titled “ The Unfinished Business of Organizational Transformation ” where they outline the mindset shifts required when transforming the organizations to be more adaptable and agile. (HT HT to Helen Bevan for sharing the post.).

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Like a river rapid that quickly finds its ways around the boulders, going with the flow means being adaptive, agile and curious. Our corporate conditioning as well as constant onslaught of information disables us in this regard.

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QAspire

AUGUST 10, 2015

Esther Derby is a highly respected voice in building up agile environments, organizations and teams for success. As a quality consultant and organization development enthusiast, I have been following her work since last many years.

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QAspire

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Agility in Process Improvement Initiatives. Please click here to read the insightful article at ThoughtWorks Insights and here is the sketch note summary which can also be found in the original article). Related Posts at QAspire. 15 Key Lessons On Managing Change. The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy And Process.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Constant learning equips leaders to remain agile in the face of uncertainty (and it sets a great example for people to follow). This is one of the key drivers of engagement that requires a lot of communication and context setting by the leader. For leaders, constant and self-initiated learning is not optional anymore.

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QAspire

JANUARY 22, 2012

In agile terms, a strong purpose that is bought in by all in the team is also referred to as “shared vision”. If the purpose of your project/initiative does not excite people, they will not be able to give their best. Strong purpose and clear goals automatically establishes a demand for performance.

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QAspire

AUGUST 30, 2015

The key to navigate through uncertainty is to focus inwards on developing agility in skills, learning and mindset – all of which are completely in our control. The future that comes to us (and generations to come) will always be uncertain and outside of our control.

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QAspire

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Add to this, the challenges of hyper-competitive landscape, organization cultures, shortage of talent and agility to move swiftly and the challenge of innovation compounds. Big companies have all the required resources, but also a lot of red-tape and resistance to change.

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QAspire

JULY 10, 2016

Agility: 8 Pillars For Building Self Organizing Teams. Read the full article here and a summary of the same in sketch note form below: Related Posts/Sketchnotes at QAspire.com. 5 Timeless Qualities of True Leaders. A Quick Guide To Managing Conflicts. Fostering Autonomy in a Team: 7 Lessons. Taking Charge of a Team? Avoid These 4 Mistakes.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

No matter how well you prepare, uncertainty is almost inevitable and hence preparation should help you remain agile and adaptable to changing situations. It is very much a part of your preparation. Over to you: If there is one lesson you have to share about the art of preparing well, what would that be? - – – – -. Stay Tuned!

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QAspire

DECEMBER 30, 2020

We are far more adaptable, agile and resilient than we think. A Few Lessons Along the Way. It was a wonderful collective learning experience for me and my family. We learned that: Adaptability is our real strength. Companies moved to working-from-home models overnight and continued to serve customers.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Learning agility – ability to learn (and unlearn) constantly and apply those lessons to a specific business context is a critical career (and life) competency. To continue that streak, I took up a few MOOC courses, read so many good business books, hundreds of blogs and participated/contributed in various Twitter Chats. My big lesson?

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QAspire

DECEMBER 18, 2009

Lisa Haneberg emphasizes on Agility as an important leadership skill – Agility for leaders is an important skill to focus on in 2010. Steve Roesler gives us three simple and powerful ideas to manage conflicts. Michael Wade writes about successful strategies for fighting fear. Quite an interesting read.

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QAspire

JANUARY 5, 2016

Be an Agile Learner: Rapidly changing context is like a treadmill that compels leaders to learn constantly in a self-directed mode. Leaders have to be constantly curious and carry a “beginners mind” which is also willing to give up on familiar approaches (unlearning).

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Ability to change, readiness to realignment and agility in mindset are the new competitive advantages. Change can be a great learning experience if we know when and how to align ourselves (and our mindsets). You should know what "not do to" when implementing change.

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QAspire

JULY 5, 2022

To respond effectively to adaptive challenges like the pandemic, geopolitical conflicts, financial crisis etc., organizations cannot rely on top-down problem solving. Such challenges require emergent leadership from across the board within organization to make sense of reality, iterate solutions, adapt and learn along the way.

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QAspire

JANUARY 16, 2019

I started 2019 by delivering a TEDx talk at TEDxGCET in Vallabh Vidyanagar. This post covers a few key insights extracted from the talk. Video to be posted soon. Formal education is a launch pad that equips us with fundamentals. But we need wings to fly long and high in the direction of our dreams.

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QAspire

AUGUST 30, 2016

Most re-organization efforts either focus on hard stuff (processes, strategy, structure, KPI’s) or on soft stuff (culture, values, relationships, feelings). I have seen very few reorganization efforts in my career that are focused on the most important aspect of how value is delivered to customers: Simplicity.

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QAspire

JANUARY 2, 2018

If creativity is about having unique ideas and new ways to do things, innovation is all about making those ideas happen. In that sense, the bridge between creativity and innovation is made from the bricks of execution. That is when the rubber meets the road.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

In an organization, work flows horizontally but organizations are structured vertically in hierarchies. With seniority and promotions up the order, a person tends to drift away from the place where real business value is created; the place where real action happens; where problems are clearly visible.

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QAspire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Here is what leaders often do – when faced with a complex situation at work, they add procedures, rules and structures to make things more complex. What we need to handle complex challenges is simplicity that leads to effectiveness.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 28, 2015

That was my mantra in 2015 and beyond. As we start a new year, I revisited this mantra and a few additional thoughts came to the fore. Consume Less. Consumption is a critical element in one’s ability to create anything. So, consumption, by itself, is not all that bad. The problem of our times is consumption by default.

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QAspire

DECEMBER 7, 2015

If there is one book that has influenced my business thinking the most, it is Peter Senge’s “ The Fifth Discipline – The Art and Practice of Learning Organization ” and I have referred to it many times over past years on this blog.

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QAspire

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Organizations that don’t learn constantly, adapt continuously and execute relentlessly are more likely to be disrupted by constant change and competition.

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QAspire

MARCH 23, 2015

Critical Thinking agility analysis antipattern Critical thinking decision making decision management Intuition rational' The key is to strike a balance and draw a line between the two depending on problem at hand and the context of the decision. In the Pic: Shooting the empty beer bottles, Kufri, Shimla, India – via my photostream at Flickr.

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QAspire

MAY 31, 2015

Resilience and ability to deal with change, agility over rigidity, growth over fixed mindset when #criticalthinking is adopted. What are the benefits that organizations can derive from these training interventions? A5 Better decisions and planning. Better problem solving. Improved analytical skills. – Tanmay Vora.

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QAspire

MARCH 10, 2015

My friend demonstrated learning agility as a response to a tough situation. Learning Adaptability agility career learning Self Growth specialization Thinking' We live in times when change is not only constant but unnervingly rapid and our ability to learn constantly is the single biggest differentiator.

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